Elon Musk’s SpaceXAI has been bleeding staff since its merger

More than 50 employees have reportedly left Elon Musk’s newly merged SpaceXAI since February, raising questions about burnout, leadership changes, talent poaching, and whether liquidity events weakened retention incentives.

OpenAI says Codex is coming to your phone

The update gives users enhanced flexibility over how they can manage their workflows.

What happens when AI starts building itself?

Richard Socher’s new $650 million startup wants to build an AI that can research and improve itself indefinitely — and he insists it will actually ship products.

Musk mulled handing OpenAI to his children, Altman testifies

Altman said that Musk’s focus on controlling the initial for-profit gave him pause because OpenAI was dedicated to keeping advanced AI out of the hands of a single person, and Altman, with his experience running the prominent startup accelerator Y Combinator, knew “founders who had control usually did not give it up.”

Anthropic warns investors against secondary platforms offering access to its shares

“Any sale or transfer of Anthropic stock, or any interest in Anthropic stock, offered by these firms is void and will not be recognized on our books and records,” the company’s support page reads.

There aren’t enough rockets for space data centers — Cowboy Space raised $275M to build them

The apparently insatiable demand for AI compute has data center entrepreneurs looking to the stars. There’s a key problem: There aren’t enough rockets to put data centers in orbit around Earth, and they’re too expensive.

The “people’s airline” and the enterprise AI gold rush

Everyone wants a piece of the enterprise AI pie, and this week, we saw a string of companies making their moves. From Anthropic and OpenAI announcing new joint ventures targeting enterprise AI deployment to SAP dropping $1B on German AI startup Prior Labs, it’s becoming clear that if you’re a startup building enterprise tools, you’re likely an acquisition target.  On this episode of TechCrunch’s Equity podcast, hosts Kirsten Korosec, Anthony… Continua a leggere The “people’s airline” and the enterprise AI gold rush

Bumble is getting rid of the swipe, CEO says

Based on Whitney Wolfe Herd’s past comments about Bumble’s new direction, the company is expected to lean into AI — Bumble is even working on an AI dating assistant called Bee, and the CEO has made many comments over the years about how AI will be “a supercharger to love and relationships.”

How Anthropic’s Mythos has rewritten Firefox’s approach to cybersecurity

Security researchers at Mozilla say Anthropic’s Mythos has unearthed a wealth of high-severity bugs in Firefox.

Startup Battlefield 200 applications close May 27: A shot at VC access, global visibility, TechCrunch coverage, and $100K

Startup Battlefield 200 applications are open, but only for three more weeks. Apply by May 27 for your shot at VC access, global visibility, TechCrunch coverage, $100,000 equity-free, and more opportunities for major scaling impact.